WHY PROFESSIONAL CHEFS OWNED A GUN

The title of this article might intrigue you, but let me tell you that most of the professional chefs own a gun and use them in cooking as well Well, one cannot go against federal firearm laws and keep a gun without any reason, but as a professional chef, one must have a gun- a smoking gun or a blowtorch to make food yummier by infusing smoky flavors.

A smoking gun is a very useful cooking tool. Many restaurant kitchens need professional chefs who are able to use a smoking gun or blowtorches well. A smoking gun can make the dishes look more appealing. It helps in improving the aroma and flavor of certain dishes easily. If you are well aware of how to use the blowtorches and smoking guns, you can easily turn your bakeries and various dishes into yummiest items.

How to operate a smoking gun?

A smoking gun is a battery operated device and lets you in experimenting with various dishes and beverages. It has an anodized smoking chamber made of aluminum and a blower fan that will not melt away the food. You can use AA batteries to make the smoking gun functional. Refer to the instruction manual for further help.

Handheld smoking guns

Many culinary tool manufacturing companies design various types of smoking guns. However, handheld smoking guns are gaining popularity nowadays because of their excellent features. The best feature of these handheld smoking guns is that they can be used to infuse smoky flavor inside the food as well as outside.

A handheld smoker or a smoking gun doesn’t emit any smoke. While traditional smoking methods may take several hours, a smoking gun can do it in seconds. For example, if you are trying to infuse smoke into the meat, it might take a minimum of 13-14 hours to do that, while with a smoke infusing tool, you can do that in no time Many chefs use liquid flavors of smoke to make their food taste smoky, but it won’t get you the tang and taste of the smoky flavor that you would infuse with a smoking gun.

According to the top chefs, you can use various types of wood chips in different floral, fruity or herbal flavors according to the food type. For example, you can infuse cinnamon flavor into a bakery item or rose flavor in herb rice. If you wish to experiment, go ahead with dried flowers, tea leaves or lemongrass. Using sawdust is also quite popular among the top professional chefs, but one must be careful about the type of sawdust he or she is using for food.

If you think that a smoking gun is only used for smoking a finished food, you are yet to know the uses of a smoking gun. You can use the device to make the salt smoked with various flavors and other raw and uncooked vegetables can be made smoke infused.

There are various types of smoking guns available online and in-store. You can buy cheaper ones to use at home occasionally, or the professional ones for your restaurant or commercial kitchens that have more features than the regular ones and are on a higher price range. Make sure to use blowtorches or smoking guns with anti-flare technology and advanced child-safety features so that one can use them without any worries. Most of the smoking guns are quite easy to use All you need to do is to press the trigger and rotate the gun around the food item patiently. Adjust the flame intensity according to the food type, and get the desired smoky flavor.

So next time when you are enjoying a portion of food with yummy smoky flavor, make sure to thank the chef who did the gun-job wonderfully to serve you the yummiest food for thought!